Principles of Pharmacology: Pharmacodynamics Dennis Paul, Ph.D.
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Learning Objectives:
Understand the theoretical basis of drug-receptor interactions. Understand the determinants and types of responses to drug-receptor interactions. Know the four major families of receptors. Define potency and efficacy. Understand how to compare drug potency and efficacy. Understand measures of drug safety. Understand the consequences of
TEXT:
CHAPTER 2 – “PHARMACODYNAMICS: Mechanisms of Drug Action and the Relationship between Drug Concentration and Effect” – GOODMAN AND GILMAN’S THE PHARMACOLOGICAL BASIS OF THERAPEUTICS – 10th edition
Biochemistry: L+S
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Biochemistry: L+S
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Pharmacology: L+R
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Biochemistry: L+S
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Pharmacology: L+R
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Pharmacodynamics
Drugs:
Chemical agents that interact with components of a biological system to alter the organism’s function. Examples of such components, sites of drug action, are enzymes, ion channels, neurotransmitter transport systems, nucleic acids and receptors. Many drugs act by mimicking or inhibiting the interactions of endogenous mediators with their receptors
Receptors:
Regulatory proteins that interact with drugs or hormones and initiate a cellular response – Ion channels – G-protein coupled receptors – Receptor-enzymes – Cytosolic-nuclear receptors Act as transducer proteins – Receptor-effector signal transduction – Post-receptor signal transduction provides for amplification of the signal
Ligand-gated Ion Channels
G-protein coupled receptors
α β γ
G-protein coupled receptors Membran e
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G-protein coupled receptors
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Receptor-enzyme Binding site
Catalytic site
Cytosolic-Nuclear receptors
Classical Receptor Occupancy Theory KA L+R
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Stimulus
Kd L: Ligand (Drug) R: Receptor LR: Ligand-Receptor Complex KA: Affinity constant Stimulus: initial effect of drug on
Properties of drugs
Affinity: The chemical forces that cause the drug to associate with the receptor. Efficacy: The extent of functional change imparted to a receptor upon binding of a drug.
Properties of a biological system
Potency: Dose of drug necessary to produce a specified effect. – Dependent upon receptor density, efficiency of the stimulus-response mechanism, affinity and efficacy.
Magnitude of effect: Assymtotic maximal response – Solely dependent upon intrinsic efficacy. – Also called efficacy.
Determinants of Response
Intrinsic Efficacy (ε): Power of a drug to induce a response. Number of receptors in the target tissue.
Spare receptors
Some tissues have more receptors than are necessary to produce a maximal response. – Dependent on tissue, measure of response and intrinsic efficacy of the drug.
Active vs Inactive states
Active states initiate cell signaling. For any cell, there is an equilibrium between active an inactive states. The inactive state usually predominates. Each state has its own affinity.
Classification of a drug based on drug-receptor interactions:
Agonist: Drug that binds to receptors and initiates a cellular response; has affinity and efficacy. Agonists promote the active state.
Antagonist: drug that binds to receptors but cannot initiate a cellular response, but prevent agonists from producing a response; affinity, but no efficacy. Antagonists maintain the
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Partial agonists: Drug that, no matter how high the dose, cannot produce a full response.
Inverse agonist: Drug that binds to a receptor to produce an effect opposite that of an agonist. Stabilizes receptors in the inactive state.
Graded dose-response curves
Individual responses to varying doses Concepts to remember: – Threshold: Dose that produces a just-noticeable effect. – ED50: Dose that produces a 50% of maximum response. – Ceiling: Lowest dose that
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Partial agonists have both agonist and antagonist properties.
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Competitive: Antagonist binds to same site as agonist in a reversible manner. Noncompetitive: Antagonist binds to the same site as agonist irreversibly. Allosteric: Antagonist and agonist bind to different site on same receptor Physiologic: Two drugs have opposite effects through differing mechanisms
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Desired vs undesired effects: Indices of drug safety. Safety Index Therapeutic Index
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Receptor regulation
Reduced responsivity: Chronic use of an agonist can result in the receptor-effector system becoming less responsive –
eg. alpha-adrenoceptor agents used as nasal decongestants
Myasthenia gravis: decrease in number of functional acetylcholine nicotinic receptors at the neuromuscular junction.
Receptor regulation Increased responsivity: Chronic disuse of a receptor-effector system can result in an increased responsiveness upon re-exposure to an agonist.
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Denervation supersensitivity at skeletal muscle acetylcholine nicotinic receptors Thyroid induced upregulation of cardiac beta-adrenoceptors Prolonged use of many antagonists (pharmacological as well as functional)
Receptor Upregulation
Most receptors are internalized and degraded or recycled with age and use. Antagonists slow use-dependent internalization Inverse agonists stabilize the receptor in the inactive state to prevent internalization. The cell continues to produce receptors.